Saxo joins forces with JustGiving to support the Alberto Contador Foundation
- 10 years 7 months ago
- Banking
Saxo Bank, the online multi-asset trading and investment specialist, today announces a major partnership with JustGiving, the global online social platform for giving. The partnership will support the fundraising efforts of the Alberto Contador Foundation, a charity set up by Alberto Contador, the professional cyclist and seven times Grand Tour winner.
Amazon To Invest $60 Million Funding In Indian Financial Services Marketplace BankBazaar
- 10 years 7 months ago
- Investment
Amazon has led a $60 million funding round in Indian financial services marketplace BankBazaar.
Brady to provide one of the world’s leading trading organisations with a fully integrated global trading and risk management solution
- 10 years 7 months ago
- Risk Management
Brady plc (BRY.L), the leading global provider of trading, risk management and settlement solutions to the energy, commodities and recycling sectors, announced today that a leading multi-asset global trading house has selected Brady to support the organisation’s global trading and risk management of its physical and derivatives operations for its refined metals and concentrates businesses in its worldwide locations across four continents.
IBM, Nvidia and Mellanox launch European OpenPower design centre
- 10 years 7 months ago
- Infrastructure
IBM, Nvidia and Mellanox have announced plans to launch a new European OpenPower design centre with the purpose of developing high performance computing (HPC) apps. The centre, which will be situated in Montpellier, France, will work alongside the Jülich Supercomputing Center in Germany, which was launched at the end of last year. Unlike the Jülich centre, however, this new facility will focus on HPC apps built using the open source Power...
Continuous innovation and simplicity the key to delighting future wealth management customers, industry panel finds
- 10 years 7 months ago
- Infrastructure
A select panel of senior superannuation and wealth management industry representatives has nominated simplicity, identifying customer needs, developing holistic services and providing clients with control as some of the key ingredients to future wealth management business success Bravura Solutions Pty Limited (Bravura) – in conjunction with FST Media – recently hosted an executive round table entitled Exceeding Expectations of Tomorrows Wealth...
Markit completes acquisition of Information Mosaic
- 10 years 7 months ago
- M&A Deals
Markit (Nasdaq: MRKT), a leading global diversified provider of financial information services, today announced the completion of its acquisition of Information Mosaic, a leading software provider for corporate actions and post trade securities processing. The Information Mosaic business is being integrated into Markit’s Solutions division and will be led by Paul Taylor, managing director, reporting to Michele Trogni, managing director and...
Capgemini Completes The Acquisition Of US-based IGATE Corporation
- 10 years 7 months ago
- M&A Deals
Capgemini, one of the world's foremost providers of consulting, technology and outsourcing services, today announced that it has completed the acquisition of IGATE Corporation. IGATE Corporation is a prominent technology and services company headquartered in New Jersey with 2014 revenues of $1.3 billion. The transaction is expected to be accretive to Capgemini normalised Earnings Per Share (EPS) by at least 12% in 2016 and 16% in 2017.
ASX Selects Nasdaq's Post-Trade Risk Technology to Manage Its Real-Time Risk Across Clearinghouses
- 10 years 7 months ago
- Risk Management, Infrastructure
Nasdaq(Nasdaq:NDAQ) and the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) announced to
Laurel Powers-Freeling is to join the Board of Atom
- 10 years 7 months ago
- People Moves
The appointment comes hot on the heels of Atom’s announcement that the Prudential Regulation Authority and the Financial Conduct Authority have approved its digital business model.
Banks Are Adopting Biometrics As An Authentication Method For Mobile Services
- 10 years 7 months ago
- Mobile Banking, Authentication Technology
Banks are rapidly adopting biometrics as an authentication method for mobile services and are willing to cooperate to provide customers with a common interface, according to a survey from the Mobey Forum.
Velocimetrics To Launch VMX Payments Offering Real-time, End-to-end Business Flow Monitoring For Payment Platforms
- 10 years 7 months ago
- Infrastructure
Velocimetrics releases VMX Payments enabling banks operating payment platforms to accurately track all transactions in real-time from entry-to-exit presenting the potential to radically reduce processing costs, complexity and SLA breaches, whilst improving the experience of impacted clients when technical outages occur Velocimetrics, the provider of real-time business flow performance monitoring and analysis solutions to the global financial...
Payworks to Support Payments For cab:app
- 10 years 7 months ago
- Payments
cab:app, a provider of a mobile application for taxi drivers, chooses payworks to drive card payment acceptance in cabs.
CR2 Appoints Franky Van Damme As CEO
- 10 years 7 months ago
- People Moves
CR2 has today announced that its Board of Directors have appointed Franky Van Damme as Chief Executive Officer and member of the Board of Directors, effective immediately. Franky has worked with CR2 for some time, having previously held the position of non-Executive Director since May 2008.
Barclays To Expand Its Cheque Imaging Service To Android Phones And iPads
- 10 years 7 months ago
- Payments, Retail Banking
Barclays is to roll out its mobile cheque imaging service to Android phones and iPad users, bringing the service within reach of one million more customers.
PayPal’s Acquisition Of Xoom Highlights Its Post eBay Strategy
- 10 years 7 months ago
- M&A Deals
Only weeks ahead of its demerger from parent company eBay, PayPal has recently announced the all-cash acquisition of cross-border P2P remittance provider Xoom for $25 per share, equivalent to $890m. This latest acquisition follows on the heels of other recent notable deals including in 2015 mobile wallet platform provider Paydiant for an estimated $280m, and new breed payments gateway provider Braintree, including its domestic P2P brand Venmo,...
